Gravesite of Medal of Honor Recipients James Parker
St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetary, Portsmout,h RI
Born:February 20, 1854 at Newark, NJ
Entered Service in the US Army from Newark, NJ
Earned The Medal of Honor During the Philippine Insurrection For heroism December 04, 1899 at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Died:June 02, 1934 at the age of 80
From the spring of 1898 until early the following year, most battles in the Philippine Islands were sporadic ambushes of small American patrols in the jungles, as the U.S. Army sought to root out the rebel forces of Emilio Aguinaldo. In action at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on December 4, 1899, American forces under Lieutenant Colonel James Parker valiantly fought their way into the city. The enemy counter-attacked, for throughout the dark night, Lieutenant Colonel Parker led his men in defense of their small garrison against repeated and savage assault by overwhelming enemy forces in fighting that was at close quarters and done in utter darkness. Lieutenant Colonel Parker was one of four soldiers who earned the Medal of Honor at Vigan in this actions. The other men cited for heroism were: Lieutenant Colonel Webb Cook Hayes, Private Joseph Epps, and Private James McConnell
quarters in the dark for several hours." His son, Cortland Parker, alos...[Read More] (Bio by:
Don Morfe)
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Born:February 20, 1854 at Newark, NJ
Entered Service in the US Army from Newark, NJ
Earned The Medal of Honor During the Philippine Insurrection For heroism December 04, 1899 at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Died:June 02, 1934 at the age of 80
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quarters in the dark for several hours." His son, Cortland Parker, alos...[Read More] (Bio by:
Don Morfe)
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1823 d. December 26, 1868
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A career US Army officer, he graduated from West Point in in 1846 and served in
the Mounted Rifles. At the start of the Civil War, he was a Captain in charge of recruiting for the New York Volunteer Cavalry. In 1862, he was commissioned a Colonel and commanded the 19th New York Cavalry Brigade during most of the Virginia operations and was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in October 1864. After the war, he remained in the Regular Army as a...[Read More] (Bio by:
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Philippine Insurrection Congressional
Medal of Honor Recipient. He rose to Major General in the United States Army.
He was awarded the CMOH while a Lieutenant Colonel in the 45th United States
Volunteer Infantry, for action in Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands on December
4, 1899. His citation reads "While in command of a small garrison repulsed a
savage night attack by overwhelming numbers of the enemy, fighting at close
quarters in the dark for several hours." His son, Cortland Parker, alos...[Read More] (Bio by:
Don Morfe)
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York Central Railroad from 1913 and was a driving force behind the rail network
until he was defeated for the control of the company in 1954. In 1925
Vanderbilt invented the game of contract bridge, which was later replaced by
auction bridge. In the 1930s Vanderbilt successfully defended the America's Cup
in international yachting competition with the "Enterprise" (1930), the
"Rainbow" (1934) and the "Ranger" in 1937. In 1928 the...[Read More]
b. September 1, 1931 d. December 6, 2008
American heiress, socialite, and
philanthropist. Her husband, Claus von Bülow, was convicted of twice attempting
her murder by insulin overdose, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. A
second trial found him not guilty, after experts opined that there was no
insulin injection and that her symptoms were attributable to over-use of
prescription drugs. The story was dramatized in the book and movie, Reversal of
Fortune. Sunny von Bulow continued to live almost 28 years in a persistent...[Read More]